RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR SANITARY DISTRICT
FOR DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITY UNDER A CONSENT DECREE.

CITY PROPOSAL:

BE IT RESOLVED that the proper city officials are authorized to execute
and implement an agreement substantially the same as that on file with the
clerk as Public Document No. __________, between the city and the Western Lake
Superior Sanitary District dividing responsibility of the parties under a
USEPA consent decree so that each party is responsible for its part of the
sewer system.

ADMIN/ATTY

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The U.S. environmental protection agency is prosecuting
an enforcement action against the city and WLSSD to stop sewage overflows.
USEPA regards the city and WLSSD as a single responsible party and has
instructed that the city and WLSSD divide up the tasks and responsibilities
between themselves. This agreement makes each responsible for the parts of
the system it owns and operates, and satisfies the requirements of the USEPA.